Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) The Ministry of Environment’s Central Zoo Authority has demanded an explanation on the death of a female Homboldt Penguin, named Dory, at the Mumbai Zoo on October 23. The CZA Member-Secretary…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Railway Ministry on Wednesday appointed Padma Bhushan Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International, as brand ambassador for its ‘Swachh Rail Mission’. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said Pathak had…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate a three-day Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 2016. A two-member team from Pakistan will also participate in the conference, Home…
Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) A solar power plant has been commissioned in a thermal power station in Haryana and is augmenting its power generation, officials said on Wednesday. The Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd (HPGCL)…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 2 (IANS) Several places in Odisha are likely to get rainfall in next 24 hours under the impact of a low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Alappuzha(Kerala), Nov 2 (IANS) Kerala Animal Husbandry Minister K. Raju on Wednesday said that one lakh ducks will be culled after avian flu (H5N1 virus) was reported in certain areas of the state’s Alappuzha district….
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Air quality in Delhi and the National Capital region deteriorated further on Wednesday, the toxicity level recording a new high since the October 30 Diwali night. Air quality-monitoring agencies said…
Varanasi, Nov 2 (IANS) Air pollution in Varanasi reached dangerous levels during the festival of Diwali, a report said on Wednesday. A research on Varanasi’s post-Diwali air quality was conducted by the Care4Air Campaign on…
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) Tapping into social media posts on photo-sharing platforms like Instagram, Flickr and Panoramio can help identify people’s opinions on scenic landscapes, and preserve them from the effects of urbanisation, researchers…
Tokyo, Nov 2 (IANS) Japan on Wednesday launched a next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite “Himawari-9”, aiming to further improve weather services in the Asia-Pacific region. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd….
Shimla, Nov 2 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh-based group of rights campaigners on Wednesday opposed a state government drive to evict forest dwellers under the garb of a high court order. It has threatened to launch…
Chennai, Nov 2 (IANS) The central government has stopped Kerala from carrying on activities to build a dam across Siruvani river, the Tamil Nadu government said on Wednesday. In a statement issued here, the Tamil…
Washington, Nov 2 (IANS) Based on data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite, scientists have produced the first global maps of human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) ever made solely from satellite observations of…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Delhi on Wednesday morning witnessed severe level of air quality, marked with low visibility, even three days after Diwali. The reasons for this degradation have been attributed to smoke due…
Amritsar, Nov 2 (IANS) Flights were affected at the Guru Ram Dass Jee International airport in Amritsar on Wednesday morning due to dense fog, officials said. The airport officials said that domestic and international flights…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) It was a moderately foggy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.8 degrees Celsius, one notch above the usual, the weather department said. According to the India…
Agra, Nov 1 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday issued notices to the union Environment and Water Resources ministries, the Uttar Pradesh government and other agencies on a petition filed by a green…
Sydney, Nov 1 (IANS) A five-year-old Komodo Dragon in Australia’a Queensland zoo has been described to be more like a puppy dog than a man-eating land crocodile, media reported. Port Douglas-based Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures zoo…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 1 (IANS) The southern state of Kerala on Tuesday became the third state overall and the largest state so far to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM-…
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) improved on Tuesday after levels of Particulate Matter (PM), the solid and liquid particles suspended in air, many of which are hazardous, reduced to some…